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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 101

Eight: Sergeant H. Key, Leicestershire Regiment, Later Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4857805. Cpl. H. Key. Leic. R.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with 'Regular Army' bar suspension (4857805 Sgt. H. Key. Foresters.), traces of adhesive, very fine or better, mounted as worn (8)

4857805 Sergeant H. Key, enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment, 1923; posted to India with the 1st Battalion, 1.11.1938, and saw action on the North West Frontier whilst stationed at Ranzak; served during the Second World War with the 2nd Battalion in Crete, 15-26.5.1941- during the twelve days of fighting on the island the Regiment lost seven Officers killed and four wounded, and 106 men killed and 35 wounded; returned to North Africa, 27.5.1941; taken Prisoner of War by the Germans, January 1942, and handed over to the Italians; interred in P.O.W. Camp No.66 Carpa, and subsequently Camp No.53 Mocarata; released, 6.12.1943; served with the Allied troops in Italy and Holland, returning to England, April 1945; retired, 1956, after 23 years with the Colours.

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